Legal Opinion
Ronald Wayne Frye v. R. C. Lee, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 22, 2000No. 00-7PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:
Ronald Wayne Frye, sentenced to death by the State of North Carolina for the ciime of first-degree murder, seeks relief in this Court following the district court’s refusal to grant his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Because we conclude that Frye has failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, we decline to grant Frye a certificate of appealability, and we dismiss his appeal.
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Frye was sentenced to death on November 15, 1993, in the Superior Court of Catawba County, North Carolina, for the murder of his landlord. The Supreme…
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